Mount Nebo from Station Break

entry is a track 405 m of climb chain confidence Official spatial mount-nebo--from-station-break

Access verdict · Lawful, nothing to flag · weakest evidence in the chain: official spatial record

A lawful approach from Station Break.

The chain below runs entirely across land the public has an established right to be on. It is a legal line, not a path: nothing here has been surveyed on the ground.

What this verdict means · what the evidence grades mean

On-ground signage and temporary closures override this page. Always.

Getting to the start The trailhead coordinate, not the feature

The start is at -27.36547, 152.79432

That is Station Break, where the walk below begins — 3.4 km of it. Every link here goes to that coordinate and never to the feature itself, because a driving route to a waterfall is a driving route into the country above one.

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-27.36547, 152.79432

An ordinary car reaches the start The roads layer marks the road reaching this point as trafficable by an ordinary vehicle.

The coordinate is where the recorded way begins, read off the same layers as the walk. What the record says about a vehicle is above, and it describes this point rather than the drive to it. Whether the road is sealed, gated, or open today, and where a car may lawfully be left, are none of them things these records say — so treat the last few kilometres as unresearched, and the mapping service's route to them as its own work, not ours.

The chain, leg by leg Computed from cadastral geometry; never walked

Legs of the computed corridor, in order, with the grade of the record that made each one lawful
#	Runs along	Parcel / reference	Mapped along it	Distance	Bearing	Evidence
1	Track	Station Break	nothing mapped	2161.1 m	198.5° SSW	Official spatial — evidence class
2	Track	Mount Nebo Break	nothing mapped	1210.0 m	268.8° W	Official spatial — evidence class
Total			no way mapped	3371.1 m	Chain confidence Official spatial — evidence class

Every leg above is computed from cadastral geometry. Nobody has walked it, and no part of it is a path on the ground: it is the line along which the public record establishes a right to be. Where a leg names a way, that is what a managing authority has mapped down the same ground — it says nothing more about your right to be there, which the parcel already settled.

Following it on the ground Every step ends at something you can check

at least 2 hours out and back

at least 1¼ hours there at least three quarters of an hour back

405 m up and 30 m down on the way out — so the return leg climbs 30 m.

Walking only — nothing is counted for rest, water, photographs, navigation, or the state of the track.

Naismith's rule, and what it does not account for

The way passes this place Official spatial — evidence class

Station Break passes 55 m from the recorded point. There is 5 m of climb or drop between the two, read at a 5.0 m contour interval. The contours give the height between them and never which way round it is, so this is a separation and not a descent to plan.

The way comes close enough to be a way to this place without the record establishing that it ends at it. A register gives a feature one coordinate and a feature is not a point, so the two measurements above are the whole of the claim: how far off the way passes, and what height separates the two. Nothing here says the last of that gap can be crossed. The walk below runs along the surveyed way and ends on it. Leaving it to close the rest of the gap is not something any record here describes, and this page does not suggest it.

Follow Station Break for 106 m, setting off W (266°), to the junction with Station Break.

Back: 86° along Station Break, 106 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 82 m, setting off WSW (243°), to the junction with Station Break.

Back: 63° along Station Break, 188 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 95 m, setting off SSW (200°), to the junction with Station Break.

Back: 20° along Station Break, 283 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 84 m, setting off S (190°), to the junction with Station Break.

Back: 10° along Station Break, 367 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 90 m, setting off S (188°), to the junction with Station Break.

Back: 8° along Station Break, 456 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 85 m, setting off SSW (206°), to the junction with Station Break.

Back: 26° along Station Break, 541 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 80 m, setting off S (175°), to the junction with Station Break.

Back: 355° along Station Break, 621 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 103 m, setting off S (191°), to the junction with Station Break.

Back: 11° along Station Break, 724 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 106 m, setting off SSE (161°), to the junction with Station Break.

Back: 341° along Station Break, 830 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 86 m, setting off SSW (192°), to the junction with Station Break.

Back: 12° along Station Break, 916 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 93 m, setting off W (260°), to the junction with Station Break.

Back: 80° along Station Break, 1009 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 90 m, setting off W (262°), to the junction with Station Break.

Back: 82° along Station Break, 1099 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 101 m, setting off SW (236°), to the junction with Station Break.

Back: 56° along Station Break, 1200 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 80 m, setting off WSW (254°), to the junction with Station Break.

Back: 74° along Station Break, 1280 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 179 m, setting off SSW (209°), to the junction with Station Break.

Back: 29° along Station Break, 1459 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 144 m, setting off S (177°), to the junction with Station Break.

Back: 357° along Station Break, 1603 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 109 m, setting off SSE (160°), to the junction with Station Break.

Back: 340° along Station Break, 1712 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 87 m, setting off SSE (150°), to the junction with Station Break.

Back: 330° along Station Break, 1800 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 102 m, setting off E (90°), to the junction with Station Break.

Back: 270° along Station Break, 1902 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 82 m, setting off NNE (31°), to the junction with Station Break.

Back: 211° along Station Break, 1984 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 88 m, setting off SE (143°), to the junction with Station Break.

Back: 323° along Station Break, 2073 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 89 m, setting off S (175°), to the junction with Mount Nebo Break.

Back: 355° along Station Break, 2161 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 84 m, setting off WSW (243°), to the junction with Mount Nebo Break.

Back: 63° along Station Break, 2245 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 120 m, setting off W (264°), to the junction with Mount Nebo Break.

Back: 84° along Station Break, 2365 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 85 m, setting off W (275°), to the junction with Mount Nebo Break.

Back: 95° along Station Break, 2450 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 89 m, setting off WSW (240°), to the junction with Mount Nebo Break.

Back: 60° along Station Break, 2539 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 82 m, setting off SW (228°), to the junction with Mount Nebo Break.

Back: 48° along Station Break, 2621 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 93 m, setting off SW (222°), to the junction with Mount Nebo Break.

Back: 42° along Station Break, 2715 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 85 m, setting off SW (232°), to the junction with Mount Nebo Break.

Back: 52° along Station Break, 2799 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 92 m, setting off W (260°), to the junction with Mount Nebo Break.

Back: 80° along Station Break, 2891 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 83 m, setting off W (276°), to the junction with Mount Nebo Break.

Back: 96° along Station Break, 2974 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 114 m, setting off NW (323°), to the junction with Mount Nebo Break.

Back: 143° along Station Break, 3088 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 155 m, setting off NW (320°), to the junction with Mount Nebo Break.

Back: 140° along Station Break, 3242 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 85 m, setting off WNW (298°), to the junction with Track.

Back: 118° along Station Break, 3328 m from the start.
Follow Station Break for 43 m, setting off WNW (292°), to arrive.

Back: 112° along Station Break, 3371 m from the start.

3371 m in total, along the way the managing authority publishes. Every step above ends at something the records let you check on the ground. Bearings are true, not magnetic: they match a phone compass with no conversion. In this part of Queensland a magnetic bezel reads about 11° east of them, so an analogue compass needs that taken off before you set it.

What each step ends at, and why Official spatial

junction: A junction with another published way. Unmissable on the ground, and the place a wrong turn happens.
destination: The place itself, which is always where the last step ends.

A cadastral parcel boundary is never one of them. It is invisible on the ground, so a step that ended at one could never be checked — however convenient it looks in the data.

How much climbing Read off the published contour layer

Distance along the route, 0 to 3308.3 m · height 200.0 to 585.0 m Read off 5.0 m contours along the route's own line Official spatial

Total climb: 405.0 m
Total descent: 30.0 m
Steepest sustained: 54.2% over 55.4 m
Contour interval: 5.0 m

Every height the contours record along this route

Contour crossings along the route, in order, as distance along the route against mapped height
Distance along	Height
16.6 m	200.0 m
21.5 m	205.0 m
55.4 m	210.0 m
68.5 m	215.0 m
86.3 m	220.0 m
87.8 m	220.0 m
98.8 m	220.0 m
106.1 m	225.0 m
115.2 m	230.0 m
124.5 m	235.0 m
134.1 m	240.0 m
142.1 m	245.0 m
154.2 m	250.0 m
165.5 m	255.0 m
173.0 m	260.0 m
183.9 m	265.0 m
195.4 m	270.0 m
206.0 m	275.0 m
216.4 m	280.0 m
225.2 m	285.0 m
234.4 m	290.0 m
244.2 m	295.0 m
254.7 m	300.0 m
264.6 m	305.0 m
274.0 m	310.0 m
283.5 m	315.0 m
295.3 m	320.0 m
307.3 m	325.0 m
318.2 m	330.0 m
328.9 m	335.0 m
340.6 m	340.0 m
354.1 m	345.0 m
366.6 m	350.0 m
382.2 m	355.0 m
400.5 m	360.0 m
421.2 m	365.0 m
452.0 m	370.0 m
480.9 m	375.0 m
542.4 m	380.0 m
609.5 m	385.0 m
640.0 m	385.0 m
694.4 m	385.0 m
723.5 m	390.0 m
770.1 m	395.0 m
812.1 m	400.0 m
867.7 m	405.0 m
911.6 m	405.0 m
912.4 m	405.0 m
945.6 m	405.0 m
981.6 m	405.0 m
989.4 m	405.0 m
1139.9 m	405.0 m
1172.9 m	410.0 m
1205.0 m	415.0 m
1211.2 m	415.0 m
1229.5 m	415.0 m
1257.1 m	420.0 m
1273.2 m	425.0 m
1294.1 m	430.0 m
1323.7 m	435.0 m
1356.7 m	440.0 m
1374.8 m	445.0 m
1397.1 m	450.0 m
1440.8 m	455.0 m
1445.9 m	455.0 m
1450.1 m	455.0 m
1452.7 m	455.0 m
1457.5 m	455.0 m
1482.8 m	460.0 m
1491.8 m	465.0 m
1510.6 m	470.0 m
1527.9 m	475.0 m
1546.3 m	480.0 m
1570.6 m	485.0 m
1585.4 m	490.0 m
1601.9 m	495.0 m
1635.5 m	500.0 m
1669.1 m	505.0 m
1687.2 m	510.0 m
1708.6 m	515.0 m
1732.5 m	520.0 m
1767.0 m	525.0 m
1785.9 m	530.0 m
1795.2 m	535.0 m
1832.6 m	540.0 m
1856.9 m	545.0 m
1877.7 m	550.0 m
1904.9 m	555.0 m
1956.0 m	560.0 m
1981.2 m	565.0 m
2011.8 m	570.0 m
2038.9 m	575.0 m
2073.6 m	580.0 m
2116.6 m	585.0 m
2149.4 m	585.0 m
2201.7 m	580.0 m
2222.4 m	580.0 m
2260.0 m	580.0 m
2317.3 m	575.0 m
2363.5 m	570.0 m
2519.6 m	570.0 m
2548.1 m	575.0 m
2577.6 m	580.0 m
2741.2 m	585.0 m
2778.5 m	585.0 m
2821.7 m	585.0 m
2920.4 m	585.0 m
2920.6 m	585.0 m
2921.2 m	585.0 m
3022.0 m	580.0 m
3095.4 m	575.0 m
3175.4 m	570.0 m
3261.0 m	570.0 m
3308.3 m	575.0 m

The profile is the height the contour layer already records, read along the same line the legs above describe. It is not a survey of a path: nothing here says the ground between two contours is even, and a layer of 5.0 m contours cannot evidence a step smaller than the gap between them.

The line on the ground

Map

Route map: 2 legs from Station Break, 3371.1 m in total.

Every figure the map would draw — parcel references, distances, bearings and the crossing gap — is written out in full on this page, so nothing is only visible on the map. If the map does not load, nothing has been lost.

What this verdict rests on Grades compose to the weakest link

The destination sits on D'Aguilar National Park Official spatial — evidence class

Parcel 104NPW751, recorded tenure "National Park". Being at the destination and reaching it are separate questions, and this page answers only the second.

Cadastre and protected-area estate layers Attribution licensed
Leg 1: Station Break carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

2161.1 m at 198.5°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

Leg reference Station Break Grade official_spatial
Leg 2: Mount Nebo Break carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

1210.0 m at 268.8°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

Leg reference Mount Nebo Break Grade official_spatial

If something goes wrong

Emergency reference — read this to 000

Location: Mount Nebo, D'Aguilar National Park
Lot on plan: 104NPW751
Coordinates: -27.37750, 152.78000 (WGS84 / GDA2020)
Feature: mountain

What this approach was read from

Cadastral data Queensland (DCDB), incl. easement layer — © State of Queensland (Department of Resources) CC-BY-4.0 · snapshot 2026-08-22